Dispensing device



March 26, 1935. M. B. BANTLY 1,995,411

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Patented Mar. 26, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT Jo -me DISPENSING DEVICE Mossi B. Bantly, Los'Angeles, Calif. Application March 23, 1934, Serial No. 717,016.]

12 Claims.

quired for use. 1

The invention is more particularly intended for use as a toilet powder receptacle and dispenser, being an improvement in certain respects upon the dispensing device for powder substances pat ented by me April 26, 1932, No. 1,855,378.

Said patented device is more particularly adapted for individual use; but the device which forms the subject matter of the present application is particularly well suited for use in manicuring parlors for dispensing larger quantities of the powder. V I

Among the objects of the present invention are to provide an improved construction and arrangement of the valve and associated parts which control the discharge of the powder through the delivery opening; to provide means for effecting a more general and wider distribution of the powder upon the pad; and to provide improved means for yieldingly suspending the powder container.

Other objects, advantages and features ofv the invention may hereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates what is at present deemed to be a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is mainly a plan view of the device, the right hand portion thereof being sectioned on line 1-1 of Fig. 2, and parts being broken away to contract the view. V Y

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 3 7

Referring in detail to the drawing, the container is desirably furnished with a cylindrical casing 5 which has an external annular shoulder or bead 6 extending therearound in spaced relation to the end thereof upon which is screwed the cap 7 upon the threads 14. Said cap 7 hasan outwardly tapered contracted discharge passage 8, a portion of which forms a seat for the similarly tapered cup-shaped valve element or stopper 9. In the drawing, thevalve-element 9 is shown of an inverted dome shape having an exterior surface which forms part of asphere, and the seating surface therefor in the cap is also curved spherically to correspond. Hence the valve or stopper may be considerably inclined from axial alinement with the cap and yet completely close the discharge passage. The mouth of said passage is surrounded by an annular lip 817 formed on the cap 7.

' between said posts is supported a saddle member 2 In order that the valve 9 be normally keptin the closed position, a helically coiled spring 10 is, provided, the end portion of said spring which is furnished with the smallest coils being seated within said valve and the large coils 11 at the 5 otherend of said spring fitting within the groove The valve member 9 has a contracted outer portion .95 which projects considerably below the lip 8b when the valve is seated. Said portion 9b. when forced inwardly, opens the valve against the opposition of the spring 10.3

I The device is providedwith means to suspend the container 5 over a dish 15, preferably circular, which in turn is supported upon a base 16' having a concavity 17 to receive the dish 15. Said dish may be rotated by handwhile thus supported in a-horizontal manner. As shown in Fig.1 the suspending'means supports the container 5 in an eccentricrelation to the axis about which said dish is turnable. I

The means to support the container 5 includes a pair of tubular posts 18 which upstand from the peripheral portion of the base 16. By and l9'upon which is mounted the container'5. This saddle member has an annular central portion 20 which is supported by and between a pair of upwardly directed diverging arms 21. The upper ends of these armsareprovided with fingers 22 30 which travel in'vertical slots 23 of the-posts l8. Said fingers 22 are each formed as a narrow plate of slightly less width than the slot in which it travels, and which normally rests in a flatwise manner upon the top of a plunger 24 that travels within the hollow post 18 at that side of the device. Said plunger 24-is normally held at the upper limit of its travel by a spiral compression spring 25'which is housed within the post and the'upper end of which is coiledaround a down: wardly extending pin or lug 26 carried by the plunger. A cap 27 screws on the upper end of the post. Normally the finger 22 is held yieldingly gripped in a fiatwise manner between the lower edge of said cap and the top of the plunger 24. 7

Hence when the saddle member 19 is swung to an inclination toward either side and thereby the I force tending to displace it is removed, the spring 25 and plunger 24'will restore the saddle member 19 and container 5 to their normal, upright positions. I y

An annular groove28 extends around thecap 7 of the container and a pair of spring clips 29 secured to the inner sides of the arms 21 cooperate with this groove tohold the container, to- 55 I member 21 and container 5, the valve portion 9b may be repeatedly'forced into engagement with the pad at a number of points along one radius thereof. Then, by'rotating the pad slightly, points along another radial line of the surface of the pad may likewise be engaged by the valve element, it being understood that sufficient pressure is applied each time a contact is made to eject the desired amount of powder, oil, or other. substance being dispensed. Inthis manner all portions of the surface of the pad may have the substance being dispensed applied to them.

The cap 7 of the container 5 is desirably made of metal, and the body portion thereof of glass. As shown in the drawing the container, even when empty will tend to gravitate to an upright position owing to the fact that the greater portion of its weight is below the level of the upper ends of the saddle arms 21 which form the swingable support therefor. I-Ien'cethe action of the springs 25 upon the flattened endsof the saddle arms need not be depended upon to restore the container to the upright position. 7 v

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1.-In-a device of the kind described, a base member adapted to support a pad, 2. pair of posts upstanding from said base member, a saddle member swingingly supported by and between said posts, and a powder container mounted upon said saddle member and having a valve-controlled discharge opening to direct'granular or fluid materials upon a padsupported by said base.

2. In a device of the kind described, a base member adapted to support a powder pad, a pair member, a dish mountable upon said base member and when so mounted rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane, a powder container having a valve-controlled discharge opening, and means upstanding from said base whereby said container is normally supported with its discharge'opening in an eccentric relation to the axis about which said dish is rotatable.

4. In a'device of the .kind described, a base member, a dish mounted upon said base member and when so mounted rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane, a powder container hav ing a valve-controlled discharge opening, and meansupstan'ding from said base and normally supporting said container above said dish in an eccentric relation thereto and in such a manner that its discharge portion may be moved laterally toward and from a point located vertically above the axis of rotation of said dish.

5. In a dispensing device, a container having internal screw-threads and a discharge opening, a valve element normally closing said opening, and a spring having one portion engaging said valve element and another portion coiled to fit within said screw-threads.

6. In a dispensing device, a container having a closure cap'which is provided with internal screw-threads, said cap having through it a discharge opening and said container having an externally screw-threaded portion with which a portion of the threads of the cap are engageable to hold theicap in place, a valve element guarding .thedischarge opening of said cap, and a spring engaging said valve element and tending to keep the latter closed, said spring having a coiled portion seated within those threads of said cap which are not interengaging the threads of the container, said valve being operable by external pressure thereagainst. V

7. In adispensing device, a container having a closure cap which is provided with internal screwthreads, said cap having through it a discharge opening and said container having a screwthreaded portion with whicha portion of the threads of the cap are engageable to hold the cap in place, a valve element guarding the discharge opening of said cap,-and a spring engaging said valve element and tending to keep the latter closed, said spring having a coiled portion seated within those threads of said cap which are not interengagingV-the threads of the container, said valvebeing operable by external pressure thereagainst, and said container having a shoulder to arrest screwing on of the cap before the threads of the cap have all engaged the other threads of the device.

8. In a'dispensing device, a base member, a plurality of posts upstanding from said base mem--' ber, a container, means to support said container upon sai'd'posts, said means including springs and being depressible against their opposition and said container having a normally closed valve with a projecting portion contactable with an underlying surface to move said valve to an open dispensing position.

9. In a dispensing device, a base member, 'a pair of posts upstanding from said member, a container, means to support said container upon said posts an eccentric swingable position with relation to *said base.

10. In a dispensing device, a cupped base member, a pair of posts upstanding from said member, a container, means to support said container upon said posts in an eccentric swingable positionwith relation to said base, said means being provided with springs which normally maintain said container in an elevated upright position; and valvular means carried by said container and operatively engageable with an underlying surface when the container is depressed against the opposition of said springs.

11. In a dispensing device, a container to contain the substance'to be dispensed, a base member, a plurality of tubular posts upstanding from said base member,- a saddle member whereon said container is mounted, said saddle member having arms with transversely flattened extremities, slots in said posts to receive said flattened extremities, spring-supported plungers whereon said flattened extremities rest, and means carried by said posts to engage the upper surfaces of said flattened extremities and thereby cooperate with said plungers to swingably support said saddle member and container in a normally upright position, said container having a discharge opening through which its contents are dispensable while the container is in different inclined positions.

12. In a dispensing device, a base member, a container to contain the substance to be dispensed, the length of said container being greater than its other dimensions and there being a discharge passage in one end of said container, and means carried by said base to pivotally support said container thereabove with the discharge end thereof normally directed downwardly, the weight of said container being so disposed in relation to the location of its pivotal support as to cause it to assume automatically an upright position with its discharge end directed downwardly.

MOSSI B. BANTLY. 

